Questions tagged [zenity]
Zenity is a tool that will display Gtk+ dialog boxes from the command line and through shell scripts. It is a rewrite of gdialog, the GNOME port of dialog.
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Calculate checksum for whole content of a device and add a progress bar
I want to make a shell script, that lets the user select a mounted device and calculate a checksum for the whole data on this device. I need the checksum to test if the device has been manipulated by ...
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Wait until md5sum command is completed
#!/bin/bash
cd /path-to-directory
md5=$(find . -type f -exec md5sum {} \; | sort -k 2 | md5sum)
zenity --info \
--title= "Calculated checksum" \
--text= "$md5"
The process of a ...
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Zenity Progress Bar
I made a shell script which uses this command to calculate a sha256 checksum recursive for a directory for example /run/media/$USER/directory:
find . -type f -exec sha256sum {} \; | sort -k 2 | ...
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Zenity checklist from file
I created a checklist and I want to insert data from a file in a specific order.
The data comes from a terminal command in my bash script:
data=$(lsblk -o name,size,model --nodeps >> /data.txt
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Zenity select disk/volume
is it possible to select a disk/volume with zenity instead of a single file?
I know there is the zenity --file-selection command, but can you also select for example /dev/sda1 ?
Thanks for your time!
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zenity failing in crontab but working in shell
I'm trying to run a script that calls zenity from a crontab and it fails. The script works well from the command line.
I do pass the DISPLAY in the crontab:
* * * * * DISPLAY=:1 bin/myscript.sh > /...
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no slashes needed in date string provided via zenity
By using the zenity utility, select the date from the calendar; the output is 19/09/2022. I want to remove slashes between the parts of the date to make it 19092022 and store it in a variable.
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Zenity (or alternative) with custom file selector
When I use zenity and type --file-selection, if spawns the default GTK file selector. The problem with that is, of course, the lack of image thumbnails. Considering that I want to make an image ...
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Show stdout and stderr in Zenith
I am trying to install .deb file by right clicking on it in Nemo.
My Nemo Action Looks like:
[Nemo Action]
Name=Install Deb File
Comment=Install %F
Exec=<scripts/install_deb_file.sh %F>
Icon-...
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Zenity File Selection - Change Display Options?
Zenity version 3.22 (Debian Stretch).
ls -a foobar
. .. directory foo .foo
zenity --file-selection --filename=/tmp/foobar/
yields (after a right click):
I know that I can just click on the Show ...
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Unix PAM module fails on login/lock screen - Permission denied - exit code 13
How it works?
I'm back with yet another issue I can't figure out by myself. Basically what I have is 2 factor authentication (2FA) module based on Python PAM and with NFC card reader. Once user is ...
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Make root script show zenity dialog to user
I followed the instructions here to set up an automated backup, such that whenever I connect a certain external drive to the computer, the backup is automatically started.
This works, but in addition ...
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Progress Bar with PV & Zenity using md5sum
I'm trying to write a script for get md5sum of unique files or multiples files inside a directory in the cli using pv to see the progress bar, and in gtk because I use Xfce 4.12 (Slackware64 14.2) in ...
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Randomizer script failing to randomize
I am having a problem where this project is not randomizing anything.
My new code:
#!/bin/bash
function ReRoll(){
sort -R languagecodes.txt > /dev/null
sleep 0.5
LANG=$(head -n 1 /home/...
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Zenity buttons not working
So i can't figured out why my cancel button is not working on the confirmation delete zenity box... Can you please explain me ?
directory=$(zenity --entry \
--text "Enter a path" \
--...
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Zenity Windows Too Wide; --width option not working
Using zenity version 3.14.0 and am trying to get insight into how to deal with the problem of the zenity windows being too wide. The problem shows itself when, say, a zenity info box is displaying a ...
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How does zenity use options for radiolist?
I am reading linux command line and shell scripting bible, and they use zenity for radiolist in this form:
zenity --list --radiolist --title "Sys Admin Menu"
--column "Select" --...
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Prevent < > ^ chars leaking out of variable
I think my script halts because the text it's about to display contains "commands"
A code that displays the first 20 lines of a subtitles file:
junknownsub=$(head -20 "$f")
zenity -...
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Do Zenity system tray notifications not work with Cron?
I'm making a small script in which I make several calls to Zenity. Executing the script manually or executing the commands from the terminal works properly. However, when I run them from Cron they ...
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extract 5 first lines of a text file to a variable
I'm wondering if it's possible to "extract" the first 5 lines of a textfile to a single variable (not an array)
for example:
head -5 test.txt >$variable (which of course doesn't work)
I'm ...
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Zenity Cancel button for GNU parallel progress bar
As GNU parallel's manual shows, you can use a zenity progress bar with parallel:
seq 1000 | parallel -j30 --bar '(echo {};sleep 0.1)' \
2> >(zenity --progress --auto-kill) | wc
However, in ...
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how to express a range of numbers (11%-20%) in a battery notification script
I'd like to have a script that notifies me when my battery is at or above 90%, at or below 20%, and at or below 10%. I cobbled together the following, substituting zenity for notify-send so that I ...
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FFmpeg doesn't take input while overwrite question
My script basicly do convert videos (ex: mp4 --> mkv). Let's say there is a video file in working directory with name "1.mp4" and we want to create a new file "2.mkv". In this case script runs withour ...
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Showing multiple calenders in zenity command
Zenity command provides an option to show calendar to get date input, like
zenity --calendar
In some case, we need to get more than one dates as input. i.e., start and end date.
But the zenity ...
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Looking for a graphical dialog program that I can use for my bash script
I am trying to write a DD frontend in bash, and I was looking for a simple to use dialog program. I have used things like zenity before, but it was not complex enough for my needs. All I need is some ...
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What are the differences/(dis)advantages of zenity vs notify-send?
There is both zenity and notify-send. (on Fedora/GNOME at least, both seems to be pre-installed.)
So considering I want to show notifications, what are the differences between these too ones?
Is ...
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How can I change Zenity dialog icon?
I want to change the default icon of any dialog in zenity , I write this line of code for ERROR Dialog
zenity --error --text='Icon As It Is' --window-icon=/home/ --icon-name=64.png --no-wrap
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Lack of a text input field in zenity file selector
I have Debian 9 with xfce and installed zenity to use it to select directory paths. I use it in this way
zenity --file-selection --directory
The GUI selector looks as below. It has not the text ...
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Create dialog based on console output
I would like to display a dialog box using zenity or dialog or something similar based on a specific string displayed in console window?
Background:
I have created a wrapper shell script which calls ...
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running clock in zenity menu
I have created a menu by
... zenity --title="ABC" --text="Date-'date +%d%m%Y-%T'" --list --radiolist --column="select" --column="option" FALSE "1" FALSE "2" FALSE "3" Menu showing date with time when ...
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Zenity form for easy network configuration
Im doing a zenity form for easy network configuration. The end user just fills in the information and the script does the rest.
Is there a better way to do this?
Any input from you guys is welcome.
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Cannot exit bash script correctly
I have a made a script on bash.
#!/bin/bash
zen(){
mark=$(zenity --scale \
--text 'FREQUENCY' \
--value=$la \
--min-value=0\
--max-value=5000 \
--step=1)
}
la=500
echo "Script ...
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Zenity Shell Menu for 50+ servers, How to stay in server menu?
i am trying to make a zenity shell menu to manage 50+ servers and want to add multiple customized functions. e.g:- when server goes down i want to ssh in it, then check load,free -m, last 10 mins ...
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Is there any program to get the GPG password from the GUI
I am working about a GUI PGP application with Zenity. GPG asks passphrase on terminal screen. But I want to enter passphrase from a GUI dialog box not in terminal (like zenity --password) I tried ...
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How to run a command once the first time the OS is used?
I am customizing OS and want to display a dialogue describing the ad hoc OS the first time the user is entering the OS. The command is saved in a script.
What is the best strategy to execute a script ...
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How to get the line number of a Zenity selected Item
Can someone tell me how to calculate the line number of a selected item. I would like to have the specific line number to refer to a subroutine that will process the same line of a different file.
#!...
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If command reach timeout execute other command
I'm trying to set up a script for my school's computer that switches them off automatically at the end of the day (since most teachers forgot them on).
I thought to send a zenify warning box to ...
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Is there a program that will launch a configurable context menu
I'm looking for something like Zenity or Yad, except I want something that behaves like a menu, namely: it opens right next to the cursor; it takes one click to select things; it's possible to have ...
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dialog based decisions in bash scripts?
i am trying to write a little bash script that dose different things based on some gui questions.
this is how far i got right now:
[Timomey@timomeyswetab ~]$ TEST=`zenity --question`; echo test=$...
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yad, how to create a simple question dialog?
I know yad can do much more than zenity, but it also misses quickies like --question.
What is the simplest way to mimic that zenity option on yad?
Obs.: mimic quickies for other possibly missing ...
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How does a Zenity progress dialog's cancel button function?
While trying to make the Cancel button on a Zenity --progress window work for my scripts I've realized I don't understand how the Cancel button works at all in the example given on the Zenity Manual ...
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writing output of xbacklight -get to a variable in a bash script
I have a little script that lets me set the display brightness
#!/bin/sh
VALUE=$(zenity --scale --text="Select Display brightness" --value=50 --title "Helligkeit anpassen");
xbacklight -set $VALUE;
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Listing negative numbers in zenity --list
$ zenity --list --column 'Numbers' '-3'
This option is not available. Please see --help for all possible usages.
$ zenity --list --column 'Numbers' -- '-3'
So obviously zenity is interpreting the '-'...
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awk output has extra carriage returns and is buffered
My ultimate goal is to get a zenity progress dialog to work while encoding with fdkaac.
I first started with some code that is working when I encode "aa.wav" to "aa.mp3" with lame. This results in a ...
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Creating a Wireless Network Management GUI workaround
I just installed Alpine linux, and it all went as smoothly as i'd hoped, except for the wireless networking (and XFCE's Power button and reboot buttons being greyed out, but that's irrelevant here).
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Setting arguments from a text file does not work
Here is my code.
#!/bin/bash
set -- $(cat /home/jeevan/tempzen1.txt)
zenity "$@"
file tempzen1.txt contains : --list --title FILE-SELECTOR --column serialno. --column file --width 1000 --...
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Something wrong with spaces in zenity trying in a script [duplicate]
While this is directly executed in terminal it works fine
zenity --info --text "pure info" --title "get info"
But this script doen't work what's wrong?
!/bin/bash
ZEN="--info --text \"pure info\" --...
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zenity --notification: "Do default action" button
If I use the example usage command for notifications from the Zenity documentation site:
zenity --notification\
--window-icon="info" \
--text="There are system updates necessary!"
I get a ...
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YAD and Zenity - Input Start/Stop Times to Trim Video
I have a bash script and a php script that function in concert to trim audio/video files using start/stop times.
PHP script:
<?php
// Create datetime objcects
$dt1 = new DateTime($argv[1]);
$dt2 ...
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How do I safely get multiple filenames from Zenity?
Zenity can be used to create a file selection dialog and select multiple paths. The separator for paths is specified using the --separator option. Therefore we can't use NUL, the only safe character ...
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